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Lagos, Dec. 11, 2022 – Rtd Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe, the Commander of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps, says the corps arrested 79 suspected kidnappers and settled 63 farmer-herder cases since it was established. He said that the suspected kidnappers had been handed over to the police for prosecution. The Commander said this while receiving some journalists who paid a courtesy call on him in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, adding that the corps had achieved a lot in quelling crimes in the zone. ”We came in at a time the South-West …

CorruptionLagos, Dec.10, 2022: The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has unveiled the 6th edition of its “Compendium of 100 High Profile Corruption Cases in Nigeria’’, saying it is to make Nigerians know who are keeping the country underdeveloped. Sulaimon Arigbabu, the Executive Secretary of HEDA Resource Centre, said this while addressing participants at the event on Friday in Lagos. Arigbabu said that Nigerians had taken it for granted that some people would shout when a high profile corruption case was uncovered and after, it would die down. “From …

Lagos, Dec. 10, 2022 – Mr Olatayo Ajiboye, the Founder of Billionaire Christians Movement, says he was inspired by God to start training youths on the sound principles of prospering through establishing and running genuine businesses. Olatayo, a serial entrepreneur and Chairman of Talentcity International Limited, said this while telling the story of his life to journalists in Lagos at the weekend. He traced his motivation to a call from God in 2010 to take the challenge to raise billionaire Christians who will grow though their commitment to and dedication …

Lagos, Dec. 9, 2022 – The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has joined other Nigerian institutions in advising the federal government to be wary of recent downgrades by the three leading global default rating agencies.. Earlier this week, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, had expressed displeasure over the recent downgrades by the global agencies, enjoining these agencies to be more circumspect in their consideration of Nigeria She said the downgrades could further worsen Nigeria’s status among the committee of nations, but added that Nigeria’s situation was not …

Lagos, Dec. 9, 2022 – Olusegun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, says 5,676,858 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected out of 6,630,661 received in the state between 2011 and 2021. Agbaje, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on the collection of PVCs with the leadership of political parties, civil society organisations and religious leaders on Thursday in Ikeja. He commended stakeholders for collaboration in the quest to build a sustainable democratic culture in Nigeria,. Agbaje said the commission was making efforts to deliver acceptable and credible elections …

Lagos, Dec. 9, 202- Nigeria bears the highest burdens of tuberculosis and paediatric HIV, which accounts for 50 per cent of neglected tropical diseases in Africa, the World Health Organisation, has said. The WHO said although the prevalence of malaria has declined from 42 per cent to 23 per cent of which Nigeria contributes 27 per cent of global cases and 24 per cent of global deaths. The WHO Country Representative, Dr. Walter Mulombo, said these known on Thursday at the 6th Annual Conference of the Association of Nigerian Health …